Packers Entertained by Stock Growers
Rapid City South Dakota April 14 All the big packing house centers are represented at the stock meeting here Special trains from Omaha and Sioux City brought their representatives Hitching horse contests Indian pony races are features of entertainment A parade was participated in by the visiting stockmen business men the loyal temperance region with floats the Indians in full regalia and citizens in carriages and on horseback The regular meeting of the Western South Dakota Stock Growers association was held yesterday and a reception was given to the visiting women by the ladies auxiliary
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Rapid City
S. D
Omaha
Sioux City
Loyal
Temperance Region
Western South Dakota Stock Growers’ Association
Bullheads Caught With a Pitchfork
Armour, S. D., April 14. Andes creek is running shallow and stocked with bullheads and bass. Farmers wade the stream and throw bullheads out with pitchforks for a mess of fish. No law limits bullhead catching year round, though bass angling is blocked until May 1. Fish run up from Lake Andes.
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Armour
S. D
Andes
South Dakota
Lake Anes
Trials Open in State Federal Court With Indictments
Four Mobridge men C T Morrison Frank Brogan Howard Beale and William Nesswager were indicted for attempting to influence government witnesses in an Indian liquor case and brought to Sioux Falls for arraignment. Three more defendants Florin Crowfeather Daniel Campbell and Globe Lafromboise were also brought in from Aberdeen. David Regnier of Lity Day county pleaded not guilty to selling liquor without a license. The term's petit jury reported and trials begin this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. B
United States
Mobridge
C. T. Morrison
Frank Brogan
Howard Beale
William Nesswager
Julee Carland
United States Court
Florin Crowfeather
Daniel Campbell
Globe Lafromboise
Brown County
Aberdeen
David Regnier
Lity
Day County
Carland
Hog Taken to Market in Auto near Florence
Florence South Dakota April 14 The prosperity of farmers is shown when a farmer brings his whole family and a 350 pound hog to market in an automobile After selling the hog the farmer bought shoes for the entire family Then the party visited neighbors and many Cod ington county farmers own automobiles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
S. D
Codington County
Yankton College Contest Winners and Interurban Bond Plans
Charles Alseth won the Yankton college oratorical contest and $15 first prize with Harry Robinson receiving $10 second prize. State contest set for next month in Huron. First mortgage bonds offered for the Iowa and Dakota Interurban railroad connecting Sioux City to Mitchell with funds from Cen terville Lake Andes Wagner Yankton men backing the scheme. Mrs. F J Ferfar dies at 55. funeral held Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
Yankton College
Charles Alseth
Alseth
Harry Robinson
Robinson
State Historical Society
Huron
Iowa and Dakota Interurban
Sioux City
Mitchell
Woodbury
Plymouth
Union, Clay
Turner
Hutchinson
Hanson
Davidson
Mitchhell
Centerville
Lake Andes
Wagner
F. J. Ferfar
Pupils Walk Out In Sympathetic Strike Over Principal
In Fort Pierre South Dakota on April 14 pupils from the public schools walked out in a sympathetic strike after a dispute over appointing a new principal. Patrons had petitioned the board to re hire Professor Beckler but the board ignored the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pierre
S. D
Beckler
Wife elopes with hired man in South Dakota
A. Lee, a farmer near Crocker, claims his wife eloped with the hired man. Mrs. Lee was said to be boarding a train at Butler when her husband intervened and brought her back to the farm. No information has emerged on the hired man’s whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crocker
S. D
A. Lee
Bradley
Indians Open 10000 Morgams Land For Settlement
Pierre South Dakota April 139 Cheyenne and Standing Robe have consented to opening the rest of their lands perhaps 10000 additional allotments. The lands are similar to those opened in autumn and will aid settlers while building citizenship responsibilities. Substations under Professor Clifford Will guide practical farming methods suited to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Cheyenne
Standing Rodl
Ogf
Tin School
Pte
Reservatn
Westend
Trans- Missouri
Experiment Statib
Cottonwood
Bet Fourche
Far East
South Dakota
Tey
Wis
Cliffid Will
Go den Reward workers accused of sling shot attack
Terry S D April 1 reports two Italian workers Pitter Rocaglione and Mike Parmen were charged with attempting to injure non union employees at the Go den Reward company using sling shots. Superintendent Schnitzel of the mining company accuses the men of hurling stones from a sling at passing non union workers as observed in a cut.
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Terry
S. D
The
Goden Reward Company
Pitter Rocaglione
Mike Parmen
Supernend Schnitzel
Girls defend robber attack with hat pins in South Dakota
Misses Laura and Agnes Mayne near Hayti defend themselves as a robber targets their handbag. The assailant, Joseph Paisana, is captured by the town marshal with handcuffs after a pursed escape. He is held to the state circuit court on highway robbery charges with bond set at 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayti
S. D
Laura
Agnes Mayne
Agne
Agnes
Joseph Paisana
State Circuit Court
Sioux Falls
Letters From Beneath the Sea Reach Owners
Deadwood residents received letters recovered from the sunken steamer Yucatan. Mailed by former Deadwood man Paul Rewman on February 2, the letters were aboard the ill fated ship when it sank in Icy Straits off Alaska on February 16. They were recovered from the sunken vessel and sent to Seattle with other mail.
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Deadwood
S. D
Paul Rewman
Alaska
Yucatan
Seattle
South Dakota Central to Stay With Maytag Denial
Watertown April 13 reports President Maytag of the Central denies a sale to the Minneapolis and St. Louis. He states the road will not be sold and plans to extend into North Dakota from this point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
S. D
South
Indian School Closure Amid Sioux Civilizaton Efforts
Pierre S D April 12. The Oake Indian school run by Dr Thomas L Riggs closes for lack of funds after decades aiding the Tetons. S R Riggs father initiated missionary work among Santee and Tetons in 1840s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Riggs
Teton Sioux
Freedmen's Bureau
Missouri River
Cahe
South Dakota Governor Proclaims Mothers Day 1910
Pierre April 12 Governor Vesey issues a Mothers Day proclamation designating Sunday May 8 1910 to honor mothers. He urges church addresses and sermons and recommends the white flower as a symbol of motherhood. The message recalls childhood memories and respects mothers who stood by us through triumphs and defeats.
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Pierre
S. D
Vessey
Robert S. Vessey
South Dakota
Commonwealth
Action Seeks Permanent Bridge For Chamberlain Line
South Dakota attorney general seeks to force Milwaukee Road to replace the scow drawbridge and wooden piling at Chamberlain with a permanent steel bridge. The suit argues current delays and hazards during high water and ice breakup burden shippers and are unreasonable for a common carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Town Organizes A Good Roads Club In Springfield South Dakota
Springfield decides to form an improvement and good roads club to upgrade routes from nearby farming communities. An officers slate includes O F Truesdell as president and S M Brann as vice president with O B Slaser as secretary and P G Monfore as treasurer. Local business leaders and farmers will join to unite efforts and boost rural and town roads. This marks the first such club in southern South Dakota.
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Springfield
S. D
O. F. Truesdell
S. M. Brann
O. B. Slaser
P. G. Monfore
South Dakota
Young hunter wounded in accidental lake shooting
Frank Kremer a 16 year old from a Parkston area farm sustained severe leg injuries when Paul Brosz accidentally discharged a gun at Wrights lake north of Parkston. The calf and tendons were torn though bones were unharmed. Blood poisoning risk noted. Brosz assisted Kremer home and fetched a physician.
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Young Brosz
Pioneer business man passes away at Yankton
J C Mormann long time Yankton hardware dealer died Tuesday in Yankton. Funeral held Thursday at Sacred Heart church. Survived by wife, three sons and four daughters including Frances Mormann and John Mormann of Sioux City. He had lived in Sioux City recently and returned to Yankton to die among old friends. A pioneer Volin citizen, Ole Lien, died this week leaving a wife, three daughters and one son and noted as a prominent county figure.
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Yankton
J. C. Mormann
Sacred Heart Church
Volin
Ole Lien
Lien
Indictments Handed Up by Federal Grand Jury in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, April 11. A federal grand jury returned a number of indictments this week. Some defendants remain at large or unlisted, while others already in custody or bonded include Frowin Crowfeather, a Sioux Indian on Standing Rock, charged with statutory assault, and Globe Laframboise and Daniel Campbell, Sisseton Sioux Indians, charged with introducing liquor on Indian allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
United States Grand Jury
Frowin Crowfeather
Standing Rock Reservation
Globe Laframboise
Daniel Campbell
Clay County to Vote for New Court House
Vermillion South Dakota April 11 After considering a petition signed by 330 of the legal voters of the county the commissioners have decided to submit the question of building a new court house to the voters at a special election to be held June 7 which is also the date of the primaries
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Vermillion
S. D
Logal
Court House
Conference of Charities Postponed for Year
The executive committee and officers of the State Conference of Charities and Corrections in Sioux Falls South Dakota on April 1 decided not to hold a meeting this year and to postpone until next year. The postponed meeting will be held at Watertown.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
State Conference
Charities and Corrections
Watertown
Mothers Burned While Saving Child in South Dakota
Running Water South Dakota April 9 Mrs Bert Walker was seriously burned defending her youngest daughter from a clothing fire. The girl had ignited her attire with matches and ran toward the house. Mrs Walker fought the flames and saved the child but suffered burns to hands arms and face.
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S. D
Bert Walker
Wessington Springs Bank Burglarized in Town
Wessington Springs South Dakota April 9 The Citiens State Bank at Lane was entered by burglars Tuesday night. The safe was blown open and the cash box partly opened with money blown to fragments scattered about the room. Loss is undetermined until a full inventory is made. Several townspeople witnessed the event but did not intervene.
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Wessington Springs
S. D
Citiens’ State Bank A. Lane
Early seeding in Codington county as 20 percent sown
Twenty percent of the acreage in Codington county is seeded with farmers ahead of schedule by ten days to two weeks. Wheat planting rises due to high prices with durum down as blue stem fife and velvet chaff replace it. Oats and flax acres increase while barley plantings decline and corn acreage grows slightly.
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Watertown
S. D
Codington County
Teachers Forbidden Courtship of Pupils in Clear Lake
Clear Lake South Dakota April 9. Local board of education adopts two bold resolutions. One requires teachers to refrain from attending any ball or dance on a night before a school day. The other declares it unwise and inadvisable for teachers to court or receive attention from pupils of the opposite sex.
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Clear Lake
S. D
Board of Education
Cupid
Greek Laborers Rebel Over Split Work Groups
A 30 member Greek crew arrived from Chicago to work as trackmen for the Chicago and Northwestern line at Huron South Carolina. They refused to split into smaller groups insisting all work together. Other Greeks in local rail mills had quit over a trivial dispute, but the railway firm stood by its policy and some workers resumed, while others remained idle.
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Huron
S. C
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Northwestern Company
Spring Seeding Nears Completion in Wakonda
Wakonda South Dakota April 9 The marriage of Conrad Dose and Elizabeth Opferbach occurred Tuesday at St Patrick s church Father Egan officiating Mrs C W Hagaman wife of a prosperous young farmer living near town died Monday night Last year s corn crop has been cribbed and nearly all seeding is now completed There has scarcely been a day since February 26 that outside work could not be carried on in comfort.
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Wakonda
S. D
Conrad Dose
Elizabeth Opferbach
St. Patrick’s Church
Father Egan
C. W. Hagaman
Mort
Comort
Huron Elks Lodge installs officers in fine ceremony
Huron S D April 9 A very pleasant affair was the installation of officers of the Huron Elks lodge Tuesday evening. Hon C H Dillon of Yankton district grand exalted ruler conducted the installation ceremonies after which he delivered an address and a luncheon was served. A large number of members of the order from out the city were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
S. D
Huron Elks Lodge
C. H. Dillon
Yankton
Order
Indemnity for Cattle Paid to Sioux in Bullhead District
The Sioux Indians of the Bullhead district at Cheyenne River Agency S D receive 3000 dollars in compensation from the United States government. The payment reimburses them for cattle that were taken back after initial distribution to the tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne River Indian Agency
S. D
Senate confirms lead postmaster in Mitchell South Dakota
A telegram from Congressman Martin reports the Senate has confirmed George Grace a local newspaper man and former educator of Mitchell to be postmaster here. Unions protested the nomination citing the paper's stance on the Homestake trouble and labor issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lead
S. D
Martin
Senate
George Grace
Mitchell, S. D
Polish Champion Zbyszko Defeats Cutler in Two Falls
Buffalo April 9 Zbyszko the Polish champion wrestler and Gotch title aspirant won both falls over Charles Cutler of Chicago. The times were 1 09 40 and 23 10.
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Cutler
Buffalo
N. Y
Zbyszko
Frank Gotch
Charles Cutler
Chicago
Personal Injury Cases Go On Trial in Federal Court
The April term in Sioux Falls opens with Judge John E. Carland presiding. Nineteen grand jurors begin work as the petit jury is to report next Tuesday when trial of Sanders v Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Co commences. The suit seeks damages for a foot injury from a fall from a Milwaukee train at Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. C
United States Court
John E. Carland
Carland
Petit Jury
H. B. Schlichting
Deadwood
Sanders
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
W. G. Porter
United States
Milwaukee
Kimball
Charles B. Miller
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
A. K. Gardner
Huron
Douglas
la Croix
Crow Creek Indian Reservation
Governor Vessey Issues Arbor Day Proclamation
South Dakota Governor Robert S. Vessey proclaims Arbor Day in 1910 designating Friday April 22 for tree planting and education. He urges citizens to plant trees along streams and in towns and recommends school observances and planting on school grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Vessey
Commonwealth of South Dakota
Eccentric bachelor leaves an unclaimed fortune
In Madison South Dakota April 8 State's Attorney Urdahl seeks heirs of Theodore Peterson an architect and builder who died in Chicago He spent summers in South Dakota owned a Lake County farm and Madison property He was a bachelor about 60 born Mandal Norway Urdahl will probate the Lake county estate and search for Norwegian heirs to rightful heirs and property finally placed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
S. D
Urdahl
Theodore Peterson
Chicago
South Dakota
Lake County
Peterson
Mandal
Norway
Dynamite cartridge injures two Montrose boys
Sioux Falls reports Elmer Bohler and Nels Carlson both seven years old from Montrose were admitted to a local hospital after handling a dynamite cartridge. The blast ripped several fingers and caused risk of blood poisoning as doctors described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Elmer Bohler
Nels Carlson
Montrose
Murderer Arrives at Sioux Falls Penitentiary
Charles Hayes alias Bill Dunn, once sentenced to death for the Samuelson murder near Spearfish, had his sentence commuted to life by Governor Vegs ey and is now safely lodged in the Sioux Falls penitentiary. His health concerns influenced the commutation.
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Pen
Sioux Falls
S. D
Charles Hayes
Bill” Dunn
Fred Samuelson
Spearfish
Vegsey
Sioux Falls Penitentiary
Plunkett
Lawrence County
Hayes
Rapid City rejects municipal court plan in light vote
Rapid City voters rejected the idea of a municipal court by a small margin. The total 269 ballots produced a 97 vote majority against the plan. The city will hold its municipal election on April 19.
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Rapid City
S. D
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Whitegeady
Sts
SEA Reach
Indian School
Doane Robinson
Black Hills
Custer County
Westinghouse Company
Missouri
Federal Grand Jury
Clay County
Huron Elks
Railroads
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